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Are there any plans to fit trackers to any of this years chicks? It’s fascinating to follow their spring and autumn migrations and it would be wonderful to know where a juvenile spends it’s first winter abroad. Would the tracker work long enough to follow it on its first migration BACK to Rutland in a few years?

Hello, many thanks for your comment. We do not have any plans to fit trackers to chicks this year. In fact, we haven’t put trackers on chicks since the days of translocation. We have one adult Osprey who is currently satellite-tagged, she was fitted with her tracker in 2013, when she was eight years old. The life span of one of these devices is around five years. Once they have found a territory, Ospreys tend to winter in the same place each year, so where a juvenile spends their first winter will usually be where they go every year thereafter. I hope this helps. Best wishes, Kayleigh.